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Here's Dylan Field, Figma CEO. Photo by Bloomberg.

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 |  Sept. 15, 2022 5:00 PM PDT

Photo: Here’s Dylan Field, Figma CEO. Photo by Bloomberg.

Earlier this week, I asked our team for a copy of the slides for our annual Women in Tech, Media and Finance event and waited for a PowerPoint in my inbox. But instead of a slide deck, our team sent me a link to the slides using the design program Figma.

I asked why we had switched up our methods (especially because Figma was designed for web interfaces, not slides) and was told Figma was easier for collaboration and commenting.

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